Before being filed, each petition shall be certified by an affidavit by the person who personally circulated the petition. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, the lieutenant governor may not count subscriptions on petitions not properly certified at the time of filing or corrected before the subscriptions are counted. The affidavit must state in substance
(1) that the person signing the affidavit meets the residency, age, and citizenship qualifications for circulating a petition under AS 15.45.575;
(2) that the person is the only circulator of that petition;
(3) that the signatures were made in the circulator's actual presence;
(4) that, to the best of the circulator's knowledge, the signatures are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be;
(5) that, to the best of the circulator's knowledge, the signatures are of persons who were qualified voters on the date of signature;
(6) that the circulator has not entered into an agreement with a person or organization in violation of AS 15.45.580(b);
(7) that the circulator has not violated AS 15.45.580(c) with respect to that petition; and
(8) whether the circulator has received payment or agreed to receive payment for the collection of signatures on the petition, and, if so, the name of each person or organization that has paid or agreed to pay the circulator for collection of signatures on the petition.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 45. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
Sec. 15.45.470. Provision and scope for use of recall.
Sec. 15.45.480. Filing application.
Sec. 15.45.490. Time of filing application.
Sec. 15.45.500. Form of application.
Sec. 15.45.510. Grounds for recall.
Sec. 15.45.515. Designation of sponsors.
Sec. 15.45.520. Manner of notice.
Sec. 15.45.530. Notice of the number of voters.
Sec. 15.45.540. Review of application for certification.
Sec. 15.45.550. Bases of denial of certification.
Sec. 15.45.560. Preparation of petition.
Sec. 15.45.570. Statement of warning.
Sec. 15.45.575. Qualifications of circulator.
Sec. 15.45.580. Circulation; prohibitions.
Sec. 15.45.590. Manner of signing and withdrawing name from petition.
Sec. 15.45.600. Certification of circulator.
Sec. 15.45.610. Filing of petition.
Sec. 15.45.620. Review of petition.
Sec. 15.45.630. Bases for determining the petition was improperly filed.
Sec. 15.45.640. Submission of supplementary petition.
Sec. 15.45.650. Calling special election.
Sec. 15.45.660. Preparation of ballot.
Sec. 15.45.670. Conduct of special election.
Sec. 15.45.680. Statement of official subject to recall; display of grounds for and against recall.
Sec. 15.45.690. Certification of election results.
Sec. 15.45.700. Filling vacancy.
Sec. 15.45.710. Insufficiency of grounds, application, or petition.